Harding High School - Saga Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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fcil' Principal, MR. HOMER W. GODFREY Assislant Principal, MR. IOHN D. THOMAS lu, ,ggw au -M.-.if Q in x SX ., Thirty-three years ago Harding opened its doors to 488 students. Only the superb and tireless effort of Harding's principal, Mr. Godfrey, along with the competent know-how of Assistant Principals Thomas and Gilleland, could cope with problems that develop in a building which now houses over 1650 students, 850 above capacity. The weighty increment of responsibili- ties that must go hand in hand with this tremendous change in school population, however, has established rewards for these administrators. Though Harding's doors opened in 1926, its first graduating class was in 1952 for the school began as a junior high school and developed into the senior level. That first graduating class contained 32 members. The 1959 Class of approximately 375 is a tribute to the sin- cere interest and activity of Hardingls ad- minstrators. Assistant Principal, MR. IVAYNE F. GILLELAND -is